Paul Whelan, a former US Marine accused of espionage and arrested in Russia, listens to his lawyers while standing in a defendants’ box at a hearing at a court in Moscow on January 22, 2019. Photo: AFP

Paul Whelan, a former US Marine accused of espionage and arrested in Russia, listens to his lawyers while standing in a defendants’ box at a hearing at a court in Moscow on January 22, 2019. Photo: AFP